Amazon Mud Turtle
The Amazon Mud Turtle is a relatively rare species among egg turtles. When threatened, they will also emit a musky scent. The Amazon mud turtle does not grow very fast, so the wild population is declining. It will eat some insects in the wild environment and is a carnivorous turtle.
Chinese name:Amazon Mud Turtle
Chinese version Number: Stinky Egg, Stinky Jim
Two names: Amazon mud turtle
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Vertebrates
< p style="text-indent:28px">Subphylum:Vertebrate subphylumClass: Protozoa
Order: Turtles
Family : Kinothoraxidae
Genus:Musky Turtle
Species: Amazon Mud Turtle
Dispersal: Despicable in Colorado and Gila in Arizona, USA river, New Mexico southward to the land-divided RioYaqui Basin, eastward through the Rio Casas Grandes Basin west of Chihuahua.
Appearance characteristics:The head, neck, hands and feet are often gray or mottled, and the chin is cream-colored or may have black spots. colored freckles.
Growing habits: It can lay 1 to 4 clutches of eggs every year and the number of eggs is about 1 to 11. The number of eggs in the clutch must be related to the size of the female. The oval eggs have a crisp and hard shell, and the size range is 28.0~35.0×13.8~19.0mm. They usually hatch in August.
Livelihood customs: When threatened, they often emit a musky smell, so they are often called "stinky" Egg" or "Stinky Jim" This gland is located on both sides of the body, under the carapace where it contacts the skin.
Food habits:The Amazon mud turtle is a carnivore, eating algae and aquatic plants, as well as insects, snails, worms, and small fish. , crustaceans and amphibians. It is an obviously nocturnal turtle and has no other turtles like it.
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